“To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor…

“To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and tickle callous and rank organs, must require a rocky heart, and a great degree of cruelty and ferocity. I cannot find any great difference between feeding on human flesh and feeding on [other] animal flesh, except custom and practice.” - George Cheyne, Essay on Regimen

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“It was a lot easier for me to lose the weight rather than putting it back on when I had to start shooting Spider-Man 2 because I’m a vegetarian, and it feels uncomfortable if you feel you’re eating too much.” – Toby McGuire - View Quote Details on “It was a lot easier for me to lose the…
“Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Religious Vegetarianism from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama - View Quote Details on “Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is…
“[Vegetarianism] will produce very significant metabolic advantages for the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its complications.” – The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - View Quote Details on “[Vegetarianism] will produce very significant metabolic advantages for the prevention…
“Showing meat eaters that you can get bigger and stronger on a vegan diet is the best thing about being a vegan strength coach.” – Mike Mahler, in www.veganbodybuilding.com - View Quote Details on “Showing meat eaters that you can get bigger and stronger…
An eminent Hindu quoted by Ralph Waldo Trine (1866-1958) in Every Living Creature, p. 32 - View Quote Details on An eminent Hindu quoted by Ralph Waldo Trine (1866-1958) in…
“The peoples living upon vegetable foods, are, of all men, the handsomest, the most vigorous, the least exposed to diseases and to passions, and they whose lives last longest” – Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Etudes - View Quote Details on “The peoples living upon vegetable foods, are, of all men,…
“Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre of land in wheat, corn, potatoes, and other vegetables, and in fruits, will sustain animal life sixteen times as long as when the produce of the same acre is converted into flesh, by feeding and fattening animals upon it.” – William A. Alcott, Vegetable Diet, New York: Fowlers & Wells, 1848, pp. 263-265 - View Quote Details on “Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre…
” God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man’s wants required.” - Ellen G. White - View Quote Details on ” God gave our first parents the food He designed…
“Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there no way for him to outgrow it as he becomes more intelligent?” - Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913, p. 197 - View Quote Details on “Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there…
“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand, at some stage, that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.” - Mahatma Gandhi. - View Quote Details on “I do feel that spiritual progress does demand, at some…